russian owned compounds in new york and maryland. but u.s. offensive cyber attacks against russia would not come until almost two years later in the run up to the 2018 congressional elections. first, u.s. cyber command located and gave individualized warnings to russian trolls and hackers in the run up to the mid-term elections about the personal consequences of spreading disinformation. then on election day 2018 the u.s. conducted its only known major offensive cyber action against russia to date, knocking out internet access at the russian troll farm that had waged an influence campaign on social media back during the presidential election. well, now the washington post reports that u.s. cyber command is considering new tactics to deploy against russia in the event that russia tries to interfere in the 2020 election. quote, military cyber officials are developing information warfare tactics that could be
york and maryland. but u.s. offensive cyber attacks against russia would not come until almost two years later in the run up to the 2018 congressional elections. first, u.s. cyber command located and gave individualized warnings to russian trolls and hackers in the run up to the mid-term elections about the personal consequences of spreading disinformation. then on election day 2018 the u.s. conducted its only known major offensive cyber action against russia to date, knocking out internet access at the russian troll farm that had waged an influence campaign on social media back during the presidential election. well, now the washington post reports that u.s. cyber command is considering new tactics to deploy against russia in the event that russia tries to interfere in the 2020 election. quote, military cyber officials are developing information warfare tactics that could be deployed against senior russian officials and oligarchs if russia tries to interfere in the 2020 u.s. electio
trump suggesting that he s firing back because he doesn t like all the noise around this but others have said, no, it is the right thing to do and given the severity of the situation, we do need to take a closer look, thing aren t under control. i agree with the need to reorganize intelligence broadly and i ll give you two quick ideas, one of which was mentioned at the hearing today. it is dividing the national security agency, which is an intelligence collection agency, from u.s. cyber command, the military cyber. currently those are fused under admiral mike rogers. weught to divide those. the jobs are too big and too different. secondly, director of national intelligence, my view should become the director of national intelligence and cyber security. that puts cyber security front and center in the cabinet excuse me, admiral. we have to dip back in. we are hearing from joe donnelly who asking specifically about